Manchester Rochdale Canal 080723105102
The Rochdale Canal through central Manchester. This is part of the Cheshire Ring Canals, with a link to the Ashton Canal a few hundred yards / metres behind the camera and a meeting with the Bridgewater Canal around a mile ahead. The photo was taken from a walkway built across the basin.
Very close to Piccadilly in Manchester, I have many times walked over the top of this stretch of canal and never knew it was there.
The first real proposals for the Rochdale Canal were in 1776, but it was not until 1804 that the works were completed, linking the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield in Manchester to the Calder Navigation at Sowerby Bridge. After falling traffic the canal became increasingly derelict and a last through passage was probably in 1937.
However, it was not until 1965 that an application was made to formally close the canal, after which objections by the Inland Waterways Association instead led to a revival, and the complete waterway was reopened in 2002.
Manchester Rochdale Canal 080723105102
The Rochdale Canal through central Manchester. This is part of the Cheshire Ring Canals, with a link to the Ashton Canal a few hundred yards / metres behind the camera and a meeting with the Bridgewater Canal around a mile ahead. The photo was taken from a walkway built across the basin.
Very close to Piccadilly in Manchester, I have many times walked over the top of this stretch of canal and never knew it was there.
The first real proposals for the Rochdale Canal were in 1776, but it was not until 1804 that the works were completed, linking the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield in Manchester to the Calder Navigation at Sowerby Bridge. After falling traffic the canal became increasingly derelict and a last through passage was probably in 1937.
However, it was not until 1965 that an application was made to formally close the canal, after which objections by the Inland Waterways Association instead led to a revival, and the complete waterway was reopened in 2002.